Founder and Board of Directors

AIMST University, founded on 15 March 2001, is a private university established by the Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED), the educational arm of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional Government in Malaysia. Located in the north Malaysian State of Kedah Darul Aman, the university is the brainchild of YB Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu, the then President of the MIC.

YBHG. DATO’ SERI DR. S. SAMY VELLU

RIBA, APAM, FCIOB, MRSH, SPMJ, SPMP, DPMS, SSAP, PNBS
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Govt. of India)
CHANCELLOR & CHAIRMAN, AIMST UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL ENVOY TO INDIA & SOUTH ASIA ON INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA

Former President of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) & Chairman of Maju Institute of Educational Development (M.I.E.D), YBhg. Dato’ Seri is an icon, and he does indeed epitomize what every Malaysian Indian should strive to achieve. YBhg. Dato’ Seri’s entry into politics occurred when he was appointed to the Malaysia cabinet in 1979, as the Local Government and Housing Minister. He then went on to serve as the Works Minister, a portfolio he held until 2008, except for a brief stint from 1989 to 1995, when he was the Minister for Energy, Telecommunications and Post. YBhg. Dato’ Seri has been appointed the country’s special envoy on infrastructure to India and South Asia effective January 1, 2010 by Prime Minister YB Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak. This appointment was in recognition of YBhg. Dato’ Seri Dr. S. Samy Vellu’s enormous contributions in helping Malaysian companies to implement development projects on the Indian sub-continent.



PROFESSOR. DR. PREMKUMAR RAJAGOPAL

PhD (USM), MBA (UUM), BBA (RMIT, Melbourne), Dip.Mgmt (MIM),
FSCM (BEM)
Chief Executive & Vice-Chancellor

DATO’ DR. VASAN SINNADURAI

MBBS (Madras), M.Med Ortho (USM), AM (Mal) American Orthopaedic Traveling Fellowship (USA)



DATO’ RAJAGOPALU THAMOTHARAPILLAY

DSNS, PMC, AMN
LLB (Hons) London, Barrister-At-Law (Lincoln's Inn), LLM (Queen's Mary College) University of London


MR. V. VENKATRAMANAN

CPA, CA
Messrs Raki Thomas & Ramanan


MR. SELVA KUMAR MOOKIAH

LLB (Hons) London, CLP
Messrs Selva Mookiah & Associates


PROFESSOR DR. RAJENDRAN NAGAPPAN

Ph.D.(Michigan State), M.Ed.(UM), B.A.(Hons) (UM), Cert.in Edu


MR. PUNIAMURTHY KRISHNASAMY

Masters in Counseling, Keele University, UK, BSc. (Hons) (UM)